It appears this was done and is available at least in Ubuntu 17.04 and later. You just have to install package 'pulseaudio-equalizer'
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932834 Title: Enable module-equalizer-sink by default Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in pulseaudio source package in Precise: Won't Fix Status in pulseaudio source package in Quantal: Won't Fix Status in pulseaudio source package in Raring: Won't Fix Bug description: pulseaudio has support for built in equalizer, but ubuntu does not have enabled it. pulseudio provides module module-equalizer-sink which needs to be enabled at compile time. In src/Makefile.am is this code: if HAVE_DBUS if HAVE_FFTW modlibexec_LTLIBRARIES += \ module-equalizer-sink.la bin_SCRIPTS += utils/qpaeq endif endif So for equalizer module is needed package fftw-dev. Please add needed fftw packages to pulseaudio build depends for equalizer support. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/932834/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp